The Dentrix payment table allows you to enter and store the dollar amount that an insurance plan pays for specific procedures. For example, if an insurance carrier downgrades a procedure, you can edit the payment table to indicate exactly what they will cover the procedure for. Dentrx will then use the payment table amount, instead of the coverage table, to calculate the benefits for this code for all patients with this plan.
Watch the following video to learn how to edit payment table entries. (Duration 1:28)
Additional Tips
- Changes made to the payment table will affect all patients to which this insurance plan is assigned.
- As insurance payments and estimates are made, you can add or update entries to the plan’s payment table. When entering payments for an insurance claim using the Itemize by Procedure option, answer “Yes” to the Update Payment Table question.
- Payment table amounts should not include a deductible. If a patient owes a deductible amount, that amount will be calculated using the deductible and coverage percentage information from the coverage table.
- The payment table can be accessed from several modules, including the patient’s Family File, Office Manager, Appointment Book, and the Claim Information window in the Ledger.
- You can sort the table by clicking on the Code, Description, and Paid column headers.
- To learn more about editing payment table entries, read Editing the Insurance Payment Tables (where the tables are accessed from the Family File) and Editing the Insurance Payment Tables (where the tables are accessed from the Office Manager) in Dentrix Help. (Note: there are subtle differences in accessing the table from these two modules.)
Check Your Knowledge
If you have access to Dentrix, check your knowledge with this exercise.
- Switch to the Dentrix demo database.
(Skip this step if you are using the Dentrix Learning Edition software.) - Open the payment table for the Lincoln National/Qwest insurance plan.
- Copy from Schedule the existing Cigna fee schedule.
- Change code D2710 Paid amount to $500.00.
- Delete all procedures that have a zero-dollar amount.